Oh no, rusted frame (1 Viewer)

[bobliu]

Bad news, found some bad rust on the frame, any suggestions on what to do here? Shall I still patch it up? Is this considered really bad?

still looks ok from the outside tho

 

[David*BJ70]

Well that rust is so obvious that I'm suprise to read you : «Oh no... found some bad rust».

Everything is fixable and I think it is bad.

 

[Patassa]

Rust bubbles up the surface material so it always looks worse than it is. Grind/sand all that s*** off then assess. If you have to remove alot of material, you'll want to add some back, otherwise clean it up to good metal and coat it. Rock and roll. I've seen worse.

 

[awesomeissquid]

In the first picture is the main frame rail rusted through at the bottom and split in half?

 

[jay3253]

Mine nearly split in half you can get a new used frame from Utah for about $500 it may be an option but it may not be worth the money.

 

[excessive]

that rust has taken 10 years to get to that point, it didn't "just happen". it will probably be able to stay on the road for another year or 2 but eventually that frame is a goner. Frame swap or endless patching are really the only 2 options

 

[Manhattan]

As others said, that didn't just happen. If you live north of Virginia and drive a car older than 2 years, you should be checking periodically. Also, if the layers of rust look like a croissant, yeah... it's bad.

 

[bobliu]

In the first picture is the main frame rail rusted through at the bottom and split in half?

unfortunately yes

 

[Seanshine]

Repair it and drive until the vehicle falls apart. They’re just cars.

 

[bobliu]

that rust has taken 10 years to get to that point, it didn't "just happen". it will probably be able to stay on the road for another year or 2 but eventually that frame is a goner. Frame swap or endless patching are really the only 2 opt I will just patch it up

Well that rust is so obvious that I'm suprise to read you : «Oh no... found some bad rust».

Everything is fixable and I think it is bad.first time buying a car on the east coast

Well that rust is so obvious that I'm suprise to read you : «Oh no... found some bad rust».

Everything is fixable and I think it is bad.

yea don't know how I missed that

 

[bobliu]

Rust bubbles up the surface material so it always looks worse than it is. Grind/sand all that s*** off then assess. If you have to remove alot of material, you'll want to add some back, otherwise clean it up to good metal and coat it. Rock and roll. I've seen worse.

thanks! but seems like for couple locations it has gone through the entire piece

 

[bobliu]

that rust has taken 10 years to get to that point, it didn't "just happen". it will probably be able to stay on the road for another year or 2 but eventually that frame is a goner. Frame swap or endless patching are really the only 2 options

very unfortunate, I bought it over the good maintaincee record, but didn't expect the underneath to be so bad tho

 

[bobliu]

Mine nearly split in half you can get a new used frame from Utah for about $500 it may be an option but it may not be worth the money.

yea I will probably just patch it and go from there

 

[bobliu]

Repair it and drive until the vehicle falls apart. They’re just cars.

yea but a little upset on a vehicle just purchased

 

[Seanshine]

yea but a little upset on a vehicle just purchased

I don’t know how much you paid or your plans, but you’ll come to find people here think that rust will cause your vehicle to fail within a year or two. But it won’t. It will last a long time.

 

[whitec13]

Those of us north of the rust belt see that as business as usual. It’s the unfortunate side of winter up here but your not at a total loss scenario yet, at least in most northerners eyes. As most others have already stated, put some work into it and drive it into the ground, it’s manageable for sure.

 

[Broski]

Out west we call that a total loss

Sorry for your misfortune!

 

[Seanshine]

Sometimes I wonder if people “out west” throw everything away as soon as its not pretty then demand the rest of us be greener.

 

[kwon-offroad]

yea but a little upset on a vehicle just purchased

So it was purchased sight unseen or no inspection or good ol' fashioned 'trust strangers'?
Northerner or not, if this was sold as any condition at or above "good" that's false advertising and at least in GA state regulation would be on the buyer's side. But a lot of unknowns here.

 

[Broski]

Sometimes I wonder if people “out west” throw everything away as soon as its not pretty then demand the rest of us be greener.

I sorry you have to live in the salt belt. and no we don't through everything away
This is my 94 with 280k miles on it, lol